INDEX. 



58« 



Juniper hernes. Salubrity of, 



Jupiter. Tables of, 215 



Kelly's life of Dollond, 47 



Keutsch's treatment of fevers, 



150 

 ^/rr/j^r'j- burning mirror?, 57 

 Kla-'cl. On Galvanism, from, 



286 



Klaproth on a new vegetable 



acid, 283 



Lalande's history of astronomy 

 for 1803, 209: on orbits of 

 the new planets, 325 



halande (Jun.), catalogue of 

 stars, 209 ; obliquity of eclip- 

 tic, 2 1 1 

 Lnmlert. Life of, 338 

 Lambtoii's measure of a degree 

 of meridian, 9^ 

 Lflrtvr absorb oxygen, 259 

 Laurel cberry. On oil from 

 leaves of, i 53 

 Leaimd Societies, 281,358 

 Lebonc on anatto, 275 

 Lectures, 2,n6 

 Lemunnier s astronomical obser- 

 vations, Z I 3 

 Lenses. Jones on the form of, 



65, 273 

 Light. Whether a simple sub- 

 stance ? 201 

 Lime. Use of, in soils, 80: to 

 prepare cinchonate of, 167 ; 

 afiiTiity of, 193, 289 

 J,ine?i yarn, to dye red, 340 

 Lughi. On Galvanism, from, 28^ 



Magnesia. Use of, in soils, 80 

 Magnet. On the history of, 88 

 Miigmtic needle. Declination of, 



Mammal a absorb oxygen, 261 

 Marivrr's compass. Origin of, b8 

 Maritime discovery, Clarke's 

 woi k tin, 8 J 



Matkc/yne's 34 stars, 209; obli- 

 quity of ecliptic, 2 1 1 



Massfy's Improved clock, 303, 



30J 

 Meat. To preserve, 189 



Mechaiii's aitronomical labour, 



211 

 Medicine. Pneumatic, 71, 207 ; 

 gout, to cure, 114; scarlet 

 fever, 1275 on cantharides 

 145; on orchis root, 162; 

 oily frictions, 190; rheuma- 

 tism, to cure, 3 17 

 Mercury. On the tables of. 



Meridian. Degree of, in India, 

 92 ; degree of, in Lapland, 

 21 t ; the French, 2 12 



Metal. A new one, 286 



Alaeorologv. Fire-ball seen at 

 Btfort, 94; at Fossil, 371; 

 register for January 1804,95; 

 for February, 96 ; for March, 

 192 ; for April, 288 ; for 

 May, _ 377 



Milk, To improve, 16 r 



M:lk of sulphur. New way to 

 prepare, 287 



Millers submarine experiment, 

 62 



Mineralogy. Amber, 93 ; sin- 

 gular petrifaction, 93, 187, 



Mirrors, burni?ig. Lord Napier 

 on, 53 : remarks on, 54, 245 



Moon. Longitude and motion 

 of, 214 



Muronilic acid. Discovery of, 



' .83 



Mountains. Heights of, 26 ; ou 

 primitive, 172; transition to 

 alluvial, 175 ; alluvial, 176 



Mushet on shrinkage and ex- 

 pansion of cast iron, i ; oij 

 affinities of carbon and clay, 

 lime and silex, fur iron, iqt, 

 289 



Napirr, of Merchiston, (lord) 



plan for defence of tliis island, 



53 



Kavigallon. History of, 85 



NeiK'toa 



